Category: Notizie Estero

Sweden Awards Nammo Contract for 12.7mm Ammunition

Sweden Awards Nammo Contract for 12.7mm Ammunition

The week before Easter, FMV and the supplier Nammo signed a framework agreement for the delivery of small-caliber ammunition. The contract pertains to different types of 12.7 millimeter ammunition and extends to the year 2029.

“This enables us to procure the amount of 12.7 mm of ammunition that t…

Deadly MH-60S Crash Caused by Faulty Part: US Navy

Deadly MH-60S Crash Caused by Faulty Part: US Navy

SAN DIEGO —– On April 18, 2022, the Navy concluded its command investigation into the crash of the MH-60S Seahawk that occurred in the eastern Pacific Ocean on August 31, 2021.

The helicopter fell into the sea shortly after landing aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), resulting in the deaths o…

US Army Tests Modernized Aviation Maintenance and Logistics

US Army Tests Modernized Aviation Maintenance and Logistics

FORT LEE, Virginia — Soldiers from Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia conducted the first tests here on a new system focused on improving readiness through modernizing aviation maintenance and logistics functions.

“The Global Combat Support System Increment 2 – Army (GCSS-A) focuses on improving Arm…

Northrop Advances Integration of F-16 EW Suite

Northrop Advances Integration of F-16 EW Suite

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. — Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue preparing the AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) for developmental test and full hardware qualification.

“We continue the process of putting IVEWS through a…

Congressional Review Process for Arms Sales: CRS Report

Congressional Review Process for Arms Sales: CRS Report

This report reviews the process and procedures that apply to congressional consideration of foreign arms sales proposed by the President. This includes consideration of proposals to sell major defense equipment, defense articles and services, or the retransfer to third-party states of such items.
Trying to Understand the Price of Australian Military Equipment

Trying to Understand the Price of Australian Military Equipment

Confusion reigns in discussions about the cost of the Department of Defence’s equipment projects. Whether we’re talking about media articles, parliamentary committee hearings, letters to the editor, duelling internet commentators or any other forms of discourse that address Defence acquisitions, the…
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